2 Samuel 4:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ And when Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN ISH-BOSHETH, Saul's son [king over Israel], heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his courage failed, and all the Israelites were troubled and dismayed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Common English Bible

¹ When Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost his courage, and all Israel was alarmed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened. And all Israel was troubled.

2 Samuel 4:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:2

and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

2 Samuel 2:8

Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Ezra 4:4

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Nehemiah 6:9

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Zephaniah 3:16

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: O Zion, let not thine hands be slack.